Florida officer on paid leave after using Taser on 61-year-old woman

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http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/01/us/florida-police-tase-woman/index.html

(CNN) -- A Florida police department is investigating one of its officers after he shot a 61-year-old woman in the back with a Taser on Tuesday afternoon.

The incident was captured on videotape by a nearby witness.

Officer Terry Mahan of the Tallahassee Police Department and other officers responded to complaints about open-air drug sales in the area, the police department said in a statement Wednesday.

Probable-cause affidavits paint a scene in which officers feared for their safety because of angry residents berating police and calling others to the scene.

[eieio 1,594]

It was the right thing to do. The other options include tasering her in the face or chasing her down and tackling her.

[Darnell 8,478]

if granny wanted to be a community activist, well, she should have a machete and cut off a leg of each of the drug sellers in her community.